Hotspots Near You

How to find a hotspot

Each of the blue placemarks on the map above points to one of our Hotspots Near You, and each red placemark points to a hotspot we’ve described in a feature story. You can zoom in to your area using the + symbol in the lower right, and you can move the map by grabbing it with your cursor. Click on any placemark, and you’ll see a brief description of the site and its birds as well as a link to read more.

About “Hotspots Near You”

We’ve published “Hotspots Near You” since October 2006. In it, we provide up-to-date information from local birders about easily accessible places to watch birds. We offer maps, directions, bird lists, links, contact information, and detailed descriptions of hotspots that are great for birding close to home.

List of All Hotspots

In winter, 10 or more Snowy Owls often inhabit this area of about 40 square miles of fields east of Calgary. Also watch for Gyrfalcons, Snow Buntings, and Short-eared Owls.By Rob McKay | Published: 10/22/2010

This 2,700-acre park in west Texas, on the road to Big Bend National Park, is home to Montezuma Quail, Band-tailed Pigeon, White-throated Swift, Mountain Chickadee, Black-chinned Hummingbird, and other great birds.By Gary Clark | Published: 8/20/2010

Just south of I-64 in central Virginia is the Rockfish Valley Trail, where you can see ducks, sparrows, kingfishers, and woodpeckers. And at the nearby Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch, thousands of Broad-winged and other hawks fly past each fall.By Marshall Faintich | Published: 8/20/2010

This coastal migrant trap on Cousin’s Island is the site of massive early-morning fall flights of songbirds, including robins, Yellow-rumped and Blackpoll Warblers, kinglets, siskins, parulas, and other birds.By Derek Lovitch | Published: 8/20/2010